Family

This picture is of my family. It was sent to me, among a selection of others, just before Christmas, and they looked so nice I wanted to post a copy here. This is the best one. Good job, Marie. :) You can click on the picture to see the full-sized image. From left to right, the couples are my sister Marie and and her husband Troy, my Mum and Dad, and my baby sister Annie and her boyfriend Martin. I sort of have more to say about this picture, and what it makes me think of, but have no time …

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Notable Dreams

This week’s Friday Five question is from Marvin: I don’t usually remember my sleeping dreams, but sometimes I do. I have a handful stored away in my mind, dreams that for one reason or another have stayed with me over the years from childhood on through today. What are your five most notable dreams; when and where did they happen; and what do they mean to you? Wow. Actually, I also don’t remember my dreams all that often, and so any dream I remember is pretty significant. I’ve been thinking and I’m not sure I can come up with five, …

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Attn: Ritu

By the way, I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t “Blame It On The Rain” or “Girl You Know It’s True” (let alone “Girl You Know It’s True [N.Y. Subway Extended Mix]”), so I think that Milli Vanilli song was probably called “I’m Gonna Miss You.” Is that right? If not, you can job your memory by following the link on the band’s name above. Hee. I’d forgotten that those lip-synchers had won Best New Artist in the Grammys. That’s insane. But then the Grammys suck so who cares?

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The Last Few Days…

… have been really good. Let’s see: I’m walking again. Yay! I went down into CP the other day to wander about. It was a half-day thing, but my first time actually going out alone in Delhi. Not harrowing in the slightest. Quite nice. Saw some interesting things and especially found a portable tambora I have my eye on. I toured Old Delhi with Ritu. We went to the spice bazaar, then stopped for lunch, visited a small Shiva shrine because an ancient Shiva temple nearby was closed, proceeded onto Jamma Masjid (spelling?)—which is the biggest mosque in India, with …

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